4.5 inches higher than normal, down from seven above at 10:30 yesterday. It may have gone higher the sensors went off line.
"To: jeffers
The key right now, is how high the surface of Lake P. is relative to normal.
4.5 inches higher than normal, down from seven above at 10:30 yesterday. It may have gone higher the sensors went off line."
The 17th street Canal breach image indicated the lake side is still a little higher than that. Hard to tell but the water appears to be halfway up the boat ramp?, parking lot?
4.5 inches higher than normal, down from seven above at 10:30 yesterday. It may have gone higher the sensors went off line.
This is by far the most important news, because it suggests that the water in most of NO won't rise above the rooftops, and shouldn't rise much more (the Superdome is approx. at sea level.) The lake itself shouldn't rise back up much, if at all. The worst case storm scenario involved a 15-25' storm surge on top of the lake level, which won't happen now. IIRC, the lowest points in NO range between 8' and 12' below sea level. NO is actually composed of several different bowls, so the areas where you see the rooftop rescues have already had their waters rise to sea level(or slightly above.)